If approved by the board this month, the new rates would take effect March 1, with a four-year implementation schedule impacting customers within the district's service area of Aptos, La Selva Beach, Opal Cliffs, Rio Del Mar, Seascape, Soquel and parts of Capitola.
Sentinel photographer Shmuel Thaler is currently traveling in south Asia. During that time we’ll follow his journey by publishing some of the images he takes along the way.
The South County Government Center received a crucial piece of equipment Thursday to move the center closer to reopening to serve the residents of South Santa Cruz County: a new HVAC system.
According to the weather service's Climate Prediction Center, there is a 33% to 40% chance that precipitation totals will be above normal in February for the Santa Cruz County region.
"We all know that we can't arrest our way out of this problem. That's not going to work. We need to work on the dealers and do what we have to do on that, but it's really about demand reduction," said Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart.